Saturday, January 18, 2025
Welcome to the Daily Almanac. This traditional Chinese calendar tells you which activities are favorable or unfavorable on each day, based on celestial stems, earthly branches, and classical star systems. The almanac is a traditional reference, not a prediction.
This Day for Your Chart
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Day Pillar
Yin Fire Pig
Month丁丑Dīng Chǒu
Day Officer
The opening day: in the twelve-day cycle it stands for openings and new starts.
Day God
Bright Hall, a yellow-path (黄道) god: in tradition a sign of light and honor.
宜Favorable
忌Unfavorable
Peng Zu's taboos (traditional sayings)
Traditional sayings, shown for interest. They don't change the lists above.
- 丁不剃头，头必生疮Traditional saying: on 丁 (Dīng) days, don't shave the head; it was said to bring sores to the scalp.
- 亥不嫁娶，不利新郎Traditional saying: on 亥 (Hài, Pig) days, don't marry; it was said to bring bad luck to the groom.
Shen Sha
Auspicious
Daily Clash
This day clashes with the Snake; avoid the West direction.
Tai Sui (Year)
Tai Sui sits in the East for the year, opposing the West. Traditionally, almanacs advise against major construction, ground-breaking or burial in either direction until the next 立春 (Lichun).
Na Yin
Wū Shàng Tǔ · Rooftop Earth
EarthLunar Mansion
Maiden, one of the seven mansions of the Black Tortoise in the north; inauspicious in the traditional count.
Lucky and unlucky hours
Yellow-path (黄道) hours are lucky and black-path (黑道) hours unlucky, by the traditional day-god cycle. ★ marks the noble-person hours for this day.
Almanac data is derived from classical formulas and is for reference only. Do not use as the sole basis for medical, legal, or financial decisions. Disclaimer